Urgent Need Program manager – Contract Jobs – Hybrid in Seattle, WA

Program Manager
12+ Months
Location- Hybrid in Seattle, WA

Job Description/ Responsibilities-
. Candidate should have 5 – 10 yrs of experience in project management, with 3 – 5 yrs. in retail domain.
. Initiates, plans, controls, and implements medium to large cross-divisional, multi-year programs and projects utilizing lululemon’s project management practices
. Ensures overall deliverables are completed, including project charter, plan, schedule, requirements, design, development, testing, implementation, policies and procedures, standards, contracts, risks, and issues resolutions
. Plans projects in detail, develops and manages project budgets, organizes project teams and works with resource managers to coordinate and align resource needs
. Identifies, evaluates, and proactively manages cross-project interdependencies
. Manages progress of efforts and communicates status to sponsors, stakeholders on a regular basis and to senior leadership as needed
. Participates in strategic roadmap planning and may facilitate and provide materials for portfolio review meetings
. Excellent communication skills, able to flex style and work with all levels within the organization from individual contributors to Executives
. Proactively identify opportunities and contribute to continuous business process improvement efforts to help streamline and standardize workflow, communication, and resource efficiencies utilizing relative process improvement techniques and methodologies.
. Ensures smooth implementation of new technologies and vendor integrations by using their expertise on their assigned domains and interfaces
. May conduct technical walkthroughs with software engineers to ensure technical feasibility and standards across departments.
. Collaborates with operations support and other teams to ensure robust production operations.

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
1. Project Management
2. Continuous Process Improvement
3. Stakeholder/Vendor Management